Two sample MR report


Telomere_length against aparc-Desikan lh volume postcentral

Date: 22 April, 2022


Results from two sample MR:

method nsnp b se pval
MR Egger 23 -0.2659718 0.1140213 0.0296948
Weighted median 23 -0.1412789 0.0575208 0.0140440
Inverse variance weighted 23 -0.0921048 0.0462893 0.0466171
Simple mode 23 -0.1627679 0.1156083 0.1731272
Weighted mode 23 -0.1627679 0.0720864 0.0342080

Heterogeneity tests

method Q Q_df Q_pval
MR Egger 27.63038 21 0.1509490
Inverse variance weighted 31.24111 22 0.0912863

Test for directional horizontal pleiotropy

egger_intercept se pval
0.0106754 0.0064442 0.11247

Test that the exposure is upstream of the outcome

snp_r2.exposure snp_r2.outcome correct_causal_direction steiger_pval
0.0357937 0.001117 TRUE 0

Note - R2 values are approximate


Forest plot of single SNP MR

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Comparison of results using different MR methods

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Funnel plot

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Leave-one-out sensitivity analysis

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